Ruth was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 11, , with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats where applicable , career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Babe Ruth baseball stats page. Babe Ruth is the single most famous baseball player in the entire world.
Babe Ruth is also one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. The Bambino's slugging ability was so great, his last name became an adjective - "Ruthian" - used to describe performances of heroic proportion. We could effortlessly write an entire book more books about Babe Ruth have been written than any other player here, but will stick to a mere handful of career highlights. Babe Ruth the "champion": Ruth was a World Series champion seven times , , , , , , , the American League home run champion twelve times , , , , , , , , , , , , the RBI Champion six times , , , , , , the On-Base Percentage Champion ten times , , , , , , , , , , and the Slugging Average Champion thirteen times , , , , , , , , , , , , !
Babe Ruth the "home run king": Ruth was the first player in Major League history to hit , , , , and home runs. In , Ruth hit 29 home runs becoming the all-time single-season home-run leader. A year later Ruth hit 54 home runs, breaking his own record as the all-time single-season home run leader and became the first player to hit over 50 home runs in a season. The very next year, he hit 59 home runs, breaking his own record yet again.
Finally, in , The Sultan of Swat hit 60 home runs, breaking the mark and establishing a plateau that was legendary for decades. Currently, Ruth still holds records for most home runs in any decade in the s , fastest player to hit home runs 2, games and fastest player to hit home runs 2, games.
Read our Announcement. WAR R OPS 1. Batting Career Pitching Career Batting Postseason Pitching Postseason Fielding Postseason. Pitchers in non-DH games that appeared on the lineup card but didn't bat will still have a game in this column. Bold season totals indicate player led league. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues.
Italic career totals indicate active career leader. Gold career totals indicate an all-time career record. Did you know that Babe Ruth 's inning win in Game 2 of the World Series is the longest pitching outing in baseball postseason history?
Subscribe to Stathead , the set of tools used by the pros, to unearth this and other interesting factoids. Become a Stathead. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Postseason Batting Postseason Game Log. Standard Pitching Show Minors. By this time, his presence was so great in New York that the new Yankee Stadium built in was dubbed "the house that Ruth built.
Over the course of his career, Ruth went on to break baseball's most important slugging records, including most years leading a league in home runs 12 ; most total bases in a season ; and highest slugging percentage for a season. In all he hit home runs, a mark that stood until , when Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves surpassed him. Ruth's success on the field was matched by a lifestyle that catered perfectly to a pre-Depression America hungry for a fast lifestyle. Rumors of his large appetite for food, alcohol, and women, as well as his tendency toward extravagant spending and high living, were as legendary as his exploits at the plate.
This reputation, whether true or imagined, hurt Ruth's chances of becoming a team manager in later life. Ball clubs, wary of his lifestyle, didn't want to take a chance on the seemingly irresponsible Ruth.
In he was lured back to Boston to play for the Braves and for the opportunity, so he thought, to manage the club the following season.
The job never materialized. On May 25, , an overweight and greatly diminished Ruth reminded fans of his greatness one last time when hit three home runs in a single game at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The following week, Ruth officially retired. He was one of the first five players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in While he eventually earned the title of coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers in , Ruth never achieved his goal of managing a major league team.
Known throughout his life as a generous man, he gave much of his time in his last years to charitable events instead. On June 13, , he made one last appearance at Yankee Stadium to celebrate the building's 25th anniversary. Sick with cancer, Ruth had become a shadow of his former, gregarious self. Two months later, on August 16, , Ruth died, leaving much of his estate to the Babe Ruth Foundation for underprivileged children.
He was survived by his second wife, Claire, and his daughters, Dorothy and Julia. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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